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When I Bring to You Colour'd Toys John Alden
Carpenter/arr.
Paul Carey
Oxford
University
Press
Catalog
#
0-19-386691-9
SSAA/piano
arrangement of
Carpenter’s
song from the
cycle
Gitanjali
Secular text
in English by
Rabindrath
Tagore
Difficulty rating (1-5): 3
Premiered by
Vox Caelestis
Women’s Chorus,
directed by Paul Carey The original is a beautiful piece, and it transferred very easily into an SSAA arrangement. The Tagore text is delightful. 
St. Mary's College Women's Choir, directed by Dr. Nancy Menk, on their CD "Anima mea!" includes "When I Bring to You Colour'd Toys" TEXT
When I bring to you colour’d
toys, my child,
I understand why there is such a
play
of colours in clouds, on water,
and why flow’rs are painted in
tints:
when I bring colour’d toys to
you, my child.
When I sing to make you dance,
I truly know why there is music
in leaves,
and why waves send their chorus
of voices
to the heart of the listening
earth:
when I sing to make you dance.
When I bring sweet things to your
greedy hands
I know why there is honey in the
cup of the flower,
and why fruits are secretly
filled with sweet juice:
when I bring sweet things to your
greedy hands.
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